ACØOK Repeater

AMATEUR RADIO REPEATER ACØOK
Serving Sullivan County from Milan, Missouri

operating frequency: 147.180MHz FM with +600KHz offset
mailing address: 24677 Elm Drive, Milan, MO 63556-2999
email: sam@ac0ok.com

Rules for Repeater Usage
Station Status Report
Station Busy Minutes graphs (date is in the file name: bzYYYYMMDD.htm)
Coverage Area (first draft)
Desired Coverage Area (30mile Radius)
The Tower #2
- Structure
  - Rohn 20G/25G Tower, 39ft
  - Winch, Cable, Hinge to Lower Tower for Service
- Antennas, Etc.
  - (2) Cushcraft ARX-2B Ringo Ranger II Antennas
  - AmbientCamHD Camera as SkyCam6
- Cables & Connectors
  - Up Tower (3 Cables)
    - Andrew/Commscope FSJ4RN-50B Superflex Heliax
    - Andrew F4PNMV2-HC Type N Connectors
    - Outdoor CAT5 Cable plus POE adapters to Camera
  - From Shed to Tower (2 Cables)
    - Andrew/Commscope LDF4-50A Heliax
    - Andrew/Commscope L4TNM-PSA Type N Connectors
  - Voice Transceiver to Duplexer
- Grounding & Lightning Protection
  - (4) HyperLink AL-NFNFB-9 Coaxial Protectors
  - (2) CAT5 Arresters (one for POE service to SkyCam4)
  - Copper Ground Bar mounted to tower
  - (2) 5/8" x 8ft Copper-Clad Steel Ground Rods
  - 1" Flat Tinned Copper Braid from Ground Bar to Ground Rod
  - #6AWG Bare Copper Ground Bus to equipment in Shed
The Shed
- Cardinal Buildings 8' x 12' Storage Shed
  - Prepping the site & Finishing the building
- 120VAC Power System
  - 65A 220VAC Breaker & Overhead Feedline
  - Square-D Homeline Breaker Box w/6 20A circuits
    1. Lights
    2. Outside GFCI Outlet
    3. East Outlets
    4. West Outlets
    5. HVAC w/Remote Control & Kill-A-Watt Meter
    6. Radio Equipment w/Meter
- 12VDC Power System
  - IOTA DLS-55 Power Supply/Charger
  - Size 27 Interstate Marine Batteries
  - Exterior 75A Power Pole connection for backup vehicle
  - 40A DC Distribution Fuse Block
  - 60A Marine Circuit Breaker
- Hubbell 19" x 84" Equipment Rack
  - Rear
    - Newton Ground Busbar (modified)
    - Component Mounting Panel (plywood)
      - Barrier Terminal Strip for Miscellaneous Connections
      - Solid-State Relays on Heatsinks
      - 9V Control Power Supply & Battery
      - CAI WebControl™ PLC
    - Sinclair Q202G 4-cavity Duplexer
  - Front
    - Gator 2U Blank Panel
    - PCP 16-circuit DC Breaker Panel
      - 1 10A Lights
      - 2 50A Rigrunner
      - 3 50A Heat/Fan
      - 4 5A 9V Ctrl Supply
      - 5 10A Bilge Pump
      - 6 50A Bench
      - 7-16 Not Used
    - (2) Sweetwater 4U Blank Panels
      - 12V/Dual USB Power Jacks
    - Computer Shelf
      - LinkSys EZXS88W Workgroup Switch
        
        Line to router in house
        Local computer
        CAI WebControl™ PLC
        Ambient Weather AmbientCamHD as SkyCam5
        Ambient Weather ObserverIP Interface
        WestMountain RigRunner 4005i
    - Digipeater/iGate Shelf
      - Yaesu FT-2800M 65w 2m FM Transceiver
      - Byonics TinyTrak4 & Radio Cable
      - Null Modem Adapter
      - Sabrent CB-FTDI USB/RS232 Adapter Cable to USB Hub
    - Power Distribution Shelf
      - WestMountain RigRunner 4005i
        
        1 Voice Repeater
        2 Digipeater
        3 Computer
        4 SkyCam
        5 Alarms
    - Voice Repeater Unit
      - GE DI66TAS66A MastrII Station Transceiver (Modified)
      - Pion and Simon PSE-508 Repeater Controller
      - Sabrent CB-FTDI USB/RS232 Adapter Cable to USB Hub
    - Custom Writing Desk
  - Dell Inspiron 1520 Laptop Computer running WindowsXP
    - Custom Timer Program
      - Station Status Report
      - BUSY generates Station Busy Minutes graphs
    - 13-port USB Hub
      - USB/RS232 Adapter to Repeater Controller
      - USB/RS232 Adapter to Digipeater
    - Remote Access